Metropolitan '''Epiphanios (Perialas)''' is a hierarch of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. He is the [[primate]] of the [[Metropolis]] of Spain and Portugal.

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Metropolitan '''Epiphanios (Perialas)''' is a hierarch of the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate]]. He was the first [[primate]] of the [[Metropolis]] of Spain and Portugal.

==Life==

==Life==

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On [[April 12]], 2003, the [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected Fr. Epiphanios as the first [[bishop]] of the newly-created Metropolis of Spain and Portugal. Previously, Spain and Portugal had constituted an [[exarchate]] of the Metropolis of France.

On [[April 12]], 2003, the [[Holy Synod]] of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected Fr. Epiphanios as the first [[bishop]] of the newly-created Metropolis of Spain and Portugal. Previously, Spain and Portugal had constituted an [[exarchate]] of the Metropolis of France.

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In March of 2007, Metropolitan Epiphanios informed the Ecumenical [[Patriarch]] Bartholomew of his intentions to retire. The Holy Synod then elected him as Titular Metropolitan of Vryoula, and elected his successor - V. Rev. [[Archimandrite]] Polikarpos Stavropoulos, from the Metropolis of Italy. Metropolitan Polikarpos was consecrated at the Patriarchate on [[May 6]], 2007 and was enthroned on June 16, 2007 in the Orthodox Cathedral of Apostle Andrew and Saint Dimitrios in Madrid.

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In March of 2007, Metropolitan Epiphanios informed the Ecumenical [[Patriarch]] Bartholomew of his intentions to retire. The Holy Synod then elected him as Titular Metropolitan of Bryoula, and elected his successor - V. Rev. [[Archimandrite]] Polikarpos Stavropoulos, from the Metropolis of Italy. Metropolitan Polikarpos was consecrated at the Patriarchate on [[May 6]], 2007 and was enthroned on June 16, 2007 in the Orthodox Cathedral of Apostle Andrew and Saint Dimitrios in Madrid.

His Eminence Metropolitan Epiphanios will stay on for a short transition and likely return to the U.S. in early summer.

His Eminence Metropolitan Epiphanios will stay on for a short transition and likely return to the U.S. in early summer.

Life

The future metropolian served for 30 years as a professor of speech and communications at Ithaca College. He also served for a period as a vice president of the college, in charge of student affairs. The college established the Perialas Prize in Epiphanios' honor in 1997. The prize is given to three students annually.

In 1984 he was ordained to the priesthood (taking at that time the name Epiphanios) and served in a variety of parishes, including St. Catherine's in Ithaca (for 15 years) and the Assumption (Koimisis of the Theotokos) Greek Orthodox Church in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, from which he was elected Metropolitan.

On April 12, 2003, the Holy Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate elected Fr. Epiphanios as the first bishop of the newly-created Metropolis of Spain and Portugal. Previously, Spain and Portugal had constituted an exarchate of the Metropolis of France.

In March of 2007, Metropolitan Epiphanios informed the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of his intentions to retire. The Holy Synod then elected him as Titular Metropolitan of Bryoula, and elected his successor - V. Rev. Archimandrite Polikarpos Stavropoulos, from the Metropolis of Italy. Metropolitan Polikarpos was consecrated at the Patriarchate on May 6, 2007 and was enthroned on June 16, 2007 in the Orthodox Cathedral of Apostle Andrew and Saint Dimitrios in Madrid.
His Eminence Metropolitan Epiphanios will stay on for a short transition and likely return to the U.S. in early summer.

Source

"Archimandrite Epiphanios Perialas Elected First Metropolitan of Spain and Portugal," The Orthodox Observer, May 2003, page 5. PDF link